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On the recent fall run of the Joe B tour, Joe and I continued our mission to flush out the Bursts all around the country.
Here are three I saw at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the start of the tour... I snapped these on the sly as you are not supposed to photograph items at the Rock Hall...
I was driving up the highway yesterday near fellow forum member billys and rang him up and said " I am coming over for the Burst! Break it out! "
The sun was out so we grabbed some shots of this beauty, 9-0643.
Last night in Evansville, Indiana; forum member BurstWurst brought his sweet 59 down to the JB gig. He has had this Burst 35 years and it is filled with mojo and plays and sounds great.
I must also mention there were 5 Bursts played tonight during the show.
Here are some pics of it on the bench...
Yesterday Bernie Marsden was kind enough to bring his legendary 59 Burst aka "The Beast" to visit at the Birmingham UK JB gig. Bernie is a great player, a great guy and this is a great Burst! Here's a few pictures of it for you all.
At a recent UK stop on the Joe Bonamassa tour, we had the pleasure of a visit from Paul Kossoff's former Burst. An awesome sounding guitar with a whole lotta Uber flame.
Here it is up close...
Back in October a friend called and asked me if I wanted to tech for Joe Bonamassa. Let's see... Bursts, Marshalls, great playing... okay I am in!
Once we hit the road Joe and I made a little mission to search out the mighty Sunburst everywhere we went. The idea was to find an outside Burst...